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Ocean View, DE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ocean View, DE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,170. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet OCEAN-VIEW-DE · Ocean View, DE 1 ZIPs · 6,170 pop · #5488/25278 · Sussex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $94,103
  • RANK-UPPER #5488/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Lewes
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,170
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $526,600

Nearest income peer: Lewes, DE (+ $3,094 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ocean View

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ocean View on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ocean View, DE sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,170
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,103
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $94,103 and home value $526,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 48.4%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Delaware, Wilmington is the closest lower-income city and Harbeson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 10 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ocean View.

Population concentration

Ocean View's single ZIP 19970 carries the town

Ocean View is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 19970 is the entire residential footprint (6,170 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Ocean View's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 196 establishments, 1,490 employees , annual payroll $55,771k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19970 (196 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (36) · also Construction · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Ocean View, DE

These ZIP codes sit in Sussex County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ocean View. See the Sussex County roll-up →

Ocean View sits in the upper half of Sussex County on income: Millsboro, Seaford and Milford report less, while Lewes and Rehoboth Beach report more. Bridgeville marks the far end of that range at $60,703, 35% below Ocean View.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19970 6,170 $94,103 196 246
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Ocean View roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ocean View, .